A thing that helped (a lot): Doing mock drafts and figuring out how to get a good class somewhat consistently, regardless of draft position.

Kinda figured out some good sources for info and some metrics I like for making waiver maneuvers. Fantasy football has been considerably better these days. I probably try a little harder than most of my league, but that's a different problem than my earlier problem of trying (often unsuccessfully) to stay out of the bottom half.